MSU Billings faculty member appointed to State Historic Review Board

December 6, 2011

Contacts:

Tim Urbaniak, College of Technology, 247-3050Dan Carter, University Relations, 657-2269

MSU BILLINGS NEWS SERVICES — Tim Urbaniak, who teaches in the drafting and design technology program at the
Montana State University Billings College of Technology, has been appointed by Gov.
Brian Schweitzer to serve as a representative on the State Historic Preservation Review
Board.

Members of the review board serve as advocates for historic preservation in Montana.
As a board, the entity works to:

Provide general advice and guidance to the State Historic Preservation Officer.

While providing drafting and design technology education to his students is paramount,
Urbaniak also ties in his interest with history and preservation into class projects.
Over the past few years, students have used different technologies to provide architectural
and historic data to various civic and public entities, including providing three-dimensional
scans of historic buildings and archeological sites.

Urbaniak will serve as a public representative on the historic review board. His term
expires in October 2015.